Police remove 2,000 refugees and migrants sleeping rough in Paris

Police have moved more than 2,000 refugees and migrants off the streets of Paris, where they had been sleeping rough for weeks in squalid and unsanitary conditions. Riot officers watched the refugees as they were bussed to temporary shelters in school gymnasiums on Friday morning. Hundreds of refugees and migrants had arrived in the Porte de la […]

Can jobs in Ethiopia keep Eritrean refugees out of Europe?

Many thousands of Eritreans have fled the country for Europe in search for a better life. A multinational initiative is now trying to stem the flow of migrants to Europe by training refugees and giving them jobs in neighboring Ethiopia. "I was not sure we would make it across. I am so relieved we are […]

Child refugees held in ‘harrowing’ conditions across south-east Asia

Thousands of children are languishing in “dangerous and harrowing” conditions in detention centres across south-east Asia, a report has revealed. Children, including babies, are being held in cells 24 hours a day, alongside dozens of unrelated adults, and are frequently separated from family members. More than 2,290 young refugees were being held without proper access to […]

Privately-sponsored Syrian refugees more likely to find work

Syrian refugees sponsored by private groups such as churches and charities are five times more likely than those sponsored by the Trudeau government to have found work in Canada, the Toronto Sun has learned. According to a January 2017 ministerial briefing document from the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), all Syrian refugees […]

Within 24 hours of the leaders of the G7 nations leaving Taormina, Sicily, the designer shops and sleek bars of the hilltop town were once again teeming with tourists. Hardly any trace of the summit remained, just some flags on the town hall, a half-dismantled stage in the Roman amphitheatre, a sign for a French […]

Five-year-old refugee killed by Afghan national in German camp

A five-year-old child was stabbed to death by an Afghan national at a refugee shelter in southeastern Germany, German authorities said on Sunday. The child's mother and a Russian national were also injured in the attack by the 41-year-old assailant after a dispute at the refugee shelter in Arnschwang, near the Czech border. A six-year-old at the […]

A campaigner has raised more than £50,000 in two hours to combat far-right groups’ efforts to raise cash and intercept rescue boats for immigrants and refugees. Caroline Criado-Perez raised thousands of pounds within minutes of uploading a GoFundMe page to outpace fundraising of anti-immigrant groups who claim Europe is being “invaded by enemies and criminals” by sea. […]

Ahmed Hussen visits refugee camps during first Middle East visit

As Ahmed Hussen walked the grounds of some of the world’s largest Syrian refugee camps last month, everything came full circle. Welcomed into the makeshift homes of residents, he spoke to them not only as Canada’s Immigration Minister, but as a former refugee who had once been in their shoes, forced out of his home […]

Trump quietly slashes number of refugees from Obama’s target despite court order

Despite a court order halting most of his extreme vetting policy, President Trump’s administration has quietly been working toward his goal of a drastic cut in the number of refugees the U.S. will accept this fiscal year. President Obama had set a target of up to 110,000 on his way out the door, but Mr. Trump tried to […]

Syrian refugee children get 5,000 teddy bears, thanks to SF woman

When San Francisco resident Samantha Grier sees photos of Syrian children in refugee camps half a world away, the images take her back to her childhood in New Jersey, a period she remembers for the neglect and loneliness she endured. Her mother was hustling to open a children’s clothing store and her father was off working long […]

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Emmanuel Macron will press Theresa May to take in more unaccompanied child refugees and pay more towards policing the port of Calais in a meeting between the two leaders on Thursday. The French president will on Tuesday visit the refugee camps in Calais ahead of the summit to survey the camp where his government estimates 400 people are living in […]

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An Iranian refugee who stitched up his eyes, lips and ears in protest at the threat of deportation today vowed to continue his hunger strike unless the Government reviewed its procedures on asylum applications.